Do boards understand their new role in cybersecurity? [Video]

CIO and board member Julie Ragland provides guidance on governance in the era of digital risk.

Credit: Julie Ragland

Julie Ragland was CIO of vehicle manufacturing company Navistar, and has held IT leadership roles at Adient and Johnson Controls. To Ragland, who also sits on several state agency and non-profit boards, one of the greatest responsibilities for today’s boards is in governing cyber security risk. And while board members are generally tuned in to the importance of cyber governance, they don’t always understand the true risks with cyber and their own governing role.

“Most boards fall into the trap of thinking that cybersecurity is a technical issue, and focus too much on technical protections and whether the right tools are in place to protect the organization,” she says. “But we know that more than 90% of cybersecurity incidents start with human behavior error. Cyber incidents are as much a communications and legal challenge as they …